The web-development-toolbox repository makes it easy to create a Docker container for use during the Responsive Website Development and Design Specialization.

Download and install the Docker software for Apple Mac OS X, GNU/Linux or Microsoft Windows following the instructions at the website.

Retrieve the web-development-toolbox build repository to create the container. Git, HandlebarsJS, JQuery, MeteorJS with MongoDB, and Twitter Bootstrap are installed as part of the image.

$ git clone https://github.com/gdhorne/web-development-toolbox

For ease of instantiating an instance of the container image a script named 'container.sh' can be used to manage the entire lifecycle. For Microsoft Windows users it is recommended that Git Bash be installed instead of the standard Git software because it provides an *nix-like command line environment.

Create the container, optionally mapping a host file system share for storage. The file system share name '/home/me/projects' is user selectable and host file system dependent. If no local file system share is desired simply omit the fourth argument '/home/me/projects'. The container instance name 'toolbox', in these instructions, is user selectable at time of creation.

 $ ./container.sh create toolbox gdhorne/web-development-toolbox /home/me/projects  

Apple Mac OS X: /Users/username/directory GNU/Linux: /home/username/directory Microsoft Windows: /c/Users/directory (allegedly)

Verify the container 'toolbox' has been successfully created and is running

 $ ./container.sh status

Stop the container 'toolbox'.

$ ./container.sh stop toolbox

Start the container 'toolbox'.

$ ./container.sh start toolbox

To learn more about the container lifecycle management features supported by 'container.sh' type,

$ ./container.sh --help

After creating the container these applications are accessible within a web browser.

lighttpd:	http://127.0.0.1

WeTTY:		http://127.0.0.1:8002

			UserID: webdev 
			Password: website 

			To enable the terminal/console management utility 
			type 'screen' and press ENTER.

Alternatively, the web-development-toolbox image provides a traditional command line interface, without WeTTY, to some applications such as Git, and vim. For convenience the terminal/console management utility 'screen' has been installed and starts automatically.

$ ./container.sh attach toolbox

Press ENTER if the container's shell prompt does not appear. To exit the container and leave it running press CTRL+P, CTRL+Q; this is the preferred method. To exit the container and stop it type 'exit'.

The following need only be executed one time to install the plug-ins specified in the .vimrc configuration file. This step must be performed if syntax highlighting within vim is desired, otherwise skip it.

$ vi

1. [ESC] :  (no spaces)
2. PlugInstall [ENTER]
3. [ESC] : q  (no spaces)

$ cd ~/.vim/plugged && ./install.sh --clang-completer && cd ~

Several vim text editor plug-ins for syntax highlighting are pre-configured and automatically activated each time the text editor is launched:

$ vi

Documentation for these plug-ins is in the ~/.vim/plugin_name subdirectory.